Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Ethics And Public Policy Center
Pages: 144
Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-7425-2318-0 • Hardback • August 2002 • $118.00 • (£91.00)
978-0-7425-2319-7 • Paperback • August 2002 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
Elliott Abrams, former president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is special assistant to the President and the National Security Council's senior director for democracy, human rights, and international operations.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 The Founders' Views of Direct Democracy and Representation
Chapter 3 James Madison and the Spirit of 1787
Chapter 4 Lincoln's View of Direct Democracy and Public Opinion
Chapter 5 Beyond Referendum Democracy: Competing Concepts of Public Opinion
Chapter 6 Polling and the Creation of a Virtual Public
Chapter 7 Response: Refined and Enlarged Public Opinion
Chapter 8 For the People: Direct Democracy in the State Constitutional Tradition
Chapter 9 People Power: Initiative and Referendum in the United States
Chapter 10 Why Initiatives Are Necessary: Some Tales from California